Recent advances in heterocyclic nanographenes and other polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds

A Borissov, YK Maurya, L Moshniaha… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review surveys recent progress in the chemistry of polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules
with a focus on structural diversity and synthetic methodology. The article covers literature …

The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors

H Bronstein, CB Nielsen, BC Schroeder… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Organic semiconductors are solution-processable, lightweight and flexible and are
increasingly being used as the active layer in a wide range of new technologies. The …

[HTML][HTML] Single-junction organic solar cell with over 15% efficiency using fused-ring acceptor with electron-deficient core

J Yuan, Y Zhang, L Zhou, G Zhang, HL Yip, TK Lau… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Recently, non-fullerene n-type organic semiconductors have attracted significant attention
as acceptors in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to their great potential to realize high …

Recent developments of polymer solar cells with photovoltaic performance over 17%

J Jin, Q Wang, K Ma, W Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the emergence of ADA'DA‐type (Y‐series) non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs), the power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic photovoltaic devices have been constantly …

Recent advances, design guidelines, and prospects of all-polymer solar cells

C Lee, S Lee, GU Kim, W Lee, BJ Kim - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) consisting of polymer donors (P Ds) and polymer
acceptors (P As) have drawn tremendous research interest in recent years. It is due to not …

Effects of energetic disorder in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

J Yuan, C Zhang, B Qiu, W Liu, SK So… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have progressed rapidly in recent years through the
development of novel organic photoactive materials, especially non-fullerene acceptors …

Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors

J Zhang, HS Tan, X Guo, A Facchetti, H Yan - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
The field of non-fullerene organic solar cells has experienced rapid development during the
past few years, mainly driven by the development of novel non-fullerene acceptors and …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

C Yan, S Barlow, Z Wang, H Yan, AKY Jen… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are currently a major focus of research in the development
of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs). In contrast to the widely used fullerene …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review of the molecular design progress in non-fullerene electron acceptors towards commercially viable organic solar cells

A Wadsworth, M Moser, A Marks, MS Little… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerenes have formed an integral part of high performance organic solar cells over the last
20 years, however their inherent limitations in terms of synthetic flexibility, cost and stability …